Plain text of A hymn of praise for Ur-Ninurta (Ur-Ninurta D)
1-4 Excelling the angels, who has gathered together all the powers! Your gaze is lordly as it surveys all the foreign lands in heaven and earth. Lioness shining in the heavens, your powers are most complex, your cultic ordinances are unalterable, and your divine plans are influential.
6-12 Your ideas are as profound as the deep; no one is known to have perceived them. Your actions are very great, and there is none to rival you. You fetched your powers on a favourable day, and none of them escaped you. You have secured the kingship, and nothing escapes from your hand. You decide destinies by God's command. Your utterances are as well-established as the Lord's. Grandiloquent, you have no rival in heaven or on earth.
13-21 You cheer on the king whom the faithful love: Ur-Ninurta, the youth whom you chose, an en priest in your honour. Attractiveness has been created for him, and he has been made to step forward for your admiration. His lot has been confirmed as favourable. May the attentive youth, the prince who is all for you, stand at the service of your eternal ordinances. May Ur-Ninurta make the numerous people follow the just path.
23 May Ur-Ninurta never cease doing so, until far-off days.
25-34 Lady of heaven and of the broad earth, powerful ..., who radiates ..., who shines by night, who ... goes forth from ..., who is diffused wide over heaven and earth. ... may you make eminent ... Ur-Ninurta, ... who is the awe ... and the joy of his mother. ... may he lift his head high, and be their great wild bull. Make ... bow low for him, so that he may clamp down upon them. Deliver them into the exalted hands of him created from good seed. Under his rule may the people rest in meadows with him as their herdsman. May Ur-Ninurta make the numerous people follow the just path.
36 May Ur-Ninurta prolong the days of his life.
38-40 Lady of the great powers, perfect in valour! Lady of the great powers, perfect in valour! You have bestowed plenty and long-lasting life on Ur-Ninurta.